Fishing rod holder



June 3,. 1952 J. M. FOLKER 2,599,099

' I FISHING ROD HOLDER Filed Aug. 24, 1948 40 Fl .3 9 a0 54 g 58 r I 26 5? I0 54 56 F/g. 2

John M F o/ker INVENTOR.

l6 /4 BY l8 rum yaw 5% Patented June 3, 1952 a 'FIsriiNGnon Homers ,Jolin rlm Foikemficleweland, Ohio, assignor of forty-five cent to Dewey-Sr;-Folkeli Gleve lfifldyOhifi Y A ipiieat'r'on'Augustz l, 1948',"*Seriai*l ltr45%94 1" TCMMSt- KCL 242*843 2 'Bhis;1-inwenti en re1aites to newems' usemli ind-= tom -wall The teaem wall ll is ceiitralliy provements in fishingiod meme Ii the p ape edi a at l SRtOncii/ ait mars ebiect of the pfisen t invent to provitie car aige'fbolt whereby th ous'i g may be a: iishing .red insider including ian- -e-l'ectriealiysupported relative to a str operated "ig-ha't and "g novi ar i'd i ni 5 The-uper et-1 d of the' housitig- 'W- is means cozitroll-in redeive' tne reel supporting poiifiorr 6f hing so d'esi'gned as te be -actuatedi to aeircuit ciesmg ma n and a oncax o convex 'ed reel support posttiori by the roteitable operating hand-le ofia ts integrally iormed with the 'hous fisltmgreel; and tethe conto'iir of a fishing 8 Anottieremiport -ob jee "of presen t in l0"tliat is sui talili mounted on the pertioxflu rhe vention is tezprev e' ns in'g rod holder' havirig reel support portionil is 'br aieeii-to -the side waxll a -recesstlienein fior e'cei ng a' fishin'g lpole arid I'2'-*by"a;"rib31F'tliat fdrmsarrintegral pantof tlsie reelianielectrioalsignaIH -an includi-n a grou-fid support 24 and housing [0. ingizswirtehiioi thesignalitl xa isxm'gagealile wi A substaiitiaily cylindrical -housing 'co mthe eperaitih'g haridl oi thereel duiing therota- 15 pairtm nt u is ntesreny refined w tiomitnereefiimesuiting :fnom a iishstr-iking th line ir1 1' order ta the g rbun'd l switched-a cirmfitmlosimg positio ai'a grtuna interi'orkifthefhousing tyway or apass a easr-= ingifswitdhialsoi'iefiieeting a-sound as thi'easam e is=- A coiid uctivesoeket sleek/$ 38 is suitablyreleasec l lziyfitheioperati-nghandle5 20'**fixed in the open upper-e d -ofthe cyliiidricai A: "of presenmnvention is housing 4 2' and receives a la'm p having to prowide wishing rod homer empenying meana acontact tip to g round tlie -bulblions"- wherehyzasfishingrdd azid warm re quickly 4 0'. p v and readily applied theretfi removed tnere A pr 'eferai113; one cell storage -battery i fronrinlaicorwenient manner mounted in orn artmen 32 and include 1 :A 'stilibiurther aim ioi the preserit invention is term fl thelt engag'es the emtaet ap of the' tm' wvideijiazlfls'hinsg l.roi1 hbliii efth lamp-M 2 i mentioned character that is' simplearid praetial An insulating, resilient cup 4 in constructiom-strongzand reliable in use, small annular'fshiiuliler fifl irtthe 'co" and compact in structure, neat and attractive in is? centrall 9 130 iieif'i appearance, relativelyf-fineirpensiveto manufacinsuiateilwir A'eohdiiotive 'plalt '5 I ture, and otherwise well adapted torwthe purto one enii j-irf "M -and hears-against poses for which the same is intended}- baseif the iialttery A'-suiostantialIy-comcal'-- vOther olpjects and advantages reside in the springss emiira-eesmrie wire i'i an details of constructionand operation;-reference 35 on e p beingma'd' to the accompanying drawings-:f-orm-" inmpar t hereoi, wherein, likemumerals referto likefiparts throughout, and in whiichit" agaiinst't Figure 1 is a side elevationalwi'ew of therpresmm emr newest entcinvention and showing. a fishing rod aridtreel and supports abeit sz havirig' a- (in'dottedlines) applied theretmi th at reeeivablyiengages a Figure 2jis ardetail sectionalrvie-w of the='p1ies- V ent invention taken substantially' l'on the ram: wire fl is prowided witlr an"'ye orin-olcen section line Z2,,0fpFigln"B' 1 and 4 ingrthefmarmer in whichtheis'ignnfliis -between the nut 64 and an w her wt s 't ym r; nd 1 Siron ttre bott 5211mm: bears gainst 'tn -inner Figure 3 is a schematic view'showing the elec- Surface o e S e W l 5- trical circuit used in conjunction with the pres- Clamp between a pair of spaced, metallic ent invention. I washers 10 on the outer end of the bolt 82, is the Referring now to the drawings in detail, whereeye terminal 12 of an arcuate resilient arm or in for the purpose of illustration, there is disswitch member 14. The free end portion 16 of closed a preferred embodiment of the present the arm 14 is disposed in the path of rotation invention, the numeral l0 represents a hollow for the rotatable operating lever or handle 18 housing or support generally, having a downof the reel 28. wardly tapering lower portion [2 including a bot- The forward and rear end walls of the houslower end tliereofom rfieates wrth claimed as new is;

ing in are formed at their upper ends with concaved supports or inturned flanges 80 and 82, and the support 80 is provided with a projection 84 that projects outwardly from the side wall 26 in spaced relationship to the arm 74. The space between arm 14 and projection 84 may be bridged in order to close an electric circuit to the lamp bulb 49. Y I

A suitable thumb latch or clamp 86 carried by the rear portion of the housing 10 is held relative to the flange 82 by a fastener 88 and cooperates-with the flange 82 in clampingly supporting the fishing rod 22 relative to the housing [0.

A shield 90 is detachably secured to the com partment 32 in any suitable manner and encases the, lamp 40. The shield 90 is provided with openings 92 that are closed by transparent or translucent strips of material 94 preferably of red plastic.

In practical use of the present invention, as a.

fish strikes a hook attached to the fishing line 96, the operating handle will rotate in a coun' ter-clockwise direction asillustrated in Figure 1 to engage the end portion 76 of the arm 14 and forcexthe, arm. 14 against the projection 84 thus grounding the battery 44 and completing the circuit to the lamp 40 to'energize the same.

When the spring member or arm 74 is released by'the handle 78, the same will oscillate, due to, its resilient characteristics to engage the projection 84 which will emit a chimeeflfect or sound. I

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully compre- Having described the invention, what is 1. Incombination with a fishing reel having a rotatable crank handle, a holdercomprising a housing having a recess for receiving said reel,

anelectric battery carried by said housing, an

electrically operated signal supported on said housing and connectedto said battery to be operated thereby, a ground wire leading from said battery, and a grounding member connected to said wire andnormally spaced from said housing in circuit open position, said ground member being engaged by said crank handle and urged against said housing in circuit closing position during rotation of said crank handle.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein. said grounding member. includes a resilient conductive arm having a 'free end portion adapted to engage the crank handle.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said 4,0 It is to; be understood, however, that even though :there is herein shown and described a,

said lamp.

4. In combination with a fishing reel havin a rotary operating crank handle, a holder comprising, a housing having a recess therein receiving said reel, a battery compartment at one side of said housing, a battery positioned in said compartment and including a terminal and a base, an electrical signaloperatively connected to the terminal of the battery, a resilient switch arm at one side of said housing disposed in the path of rotation of said operating crank handle 'for engaging the latter, a flexible conductor having first and second end portions, means mounted in said compartment and yieldingly urging the first end portion of said conductor against to said housin and also connecting said arm to the second end portion of said conductor, and

an abutment on said housing against which said arm is urged by said crank handle during r0- tation of said crank handle.

5. The combination of claim 4 wherein said means yieldingly urging the first end portion of said conductor against the base of said battery includes an insulating cup having a central aperture receiving the first end portion of said conductor, a washer fixed about thefirst end portion of said conductor, and a spring embracingthe first end portion of said conductor, and biased between said washer and said cup.

6. In combination with a fishing reel having a rotary operating crank handle, a holder comprising a housing having a. portion for receiving the reel, an electrically operated signal carried by the housing, and a switch includin an arm insulated from the. housing and an abutment on the housing, said switch being operatively connected to the signal and being normally in a circuit open position with said arm spaced from said abutment, said switch arm being actuated to contact said abutment and complete a circuit to said signal bythe crank handle during rotation of the crank handle.

7; The combination of claim 6, wherein said arm comprises a resilient member disposed in the, path of rotation of said operatingv crank handle for engagement by the latter.

JOHN M. FOLKER.

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Williams Dec. 21, 1949' are of record in the 

